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CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED ABOUT WATER AND SEWER, AND ENGINEER <br />BEINDORF STATED THAT THEY HAVE TO EXPAND BOTH PLANTS. <br />RETENTION. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF THE DRAINAGE WILL BE BY ON-SITE <br />ENGINEER BEINDORF EXPLAINED THAT AT THE PRESENT PARK, ALL THE <br />DRAINAGE GOES WITHIN THE INTERIOR LAKES AND WAS PERMITTED THROUGH THE <br />DEPARTMENT OF POLLUTION CONTROL. THE LAKES WERE ALSO USED TO OBTAIN <br />FILL FOR BUILDING THE AREA UP HIGHER. THE NEW PARK WILL BE DONE THE <br />SAME WAY SO ALL THE DRAINAGE WILL GO WITHIN THE INTERIOR LAKES AND THE <br />IMPACT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES WILL BE NIL. MR. BEINDORF CONTINUED <br />THAT ALL THE PROCESSED WATER GOES INTO THE LAKES AND THEY HAVE AN <br />INDUSTRIAL PERMIT TO ALLOW THIS. <br />BIG HOLDING PONDS. <br />THE SEWAGE TREATMENT IS ALL WITHIN <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />RALPH SEXTON TOOK THE FLOOR TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PROPOSED <br />REZONING. HE STATED THAT THIS AREA ENCOMPASSES THE BEST AGRICULTURAL <br />LAND IN THIS END OF THE COUNTY. THIS WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE WAY THE <br />MASTER PLAN WAS SET UP, AND HE HAD FELT IT WAS GOING TO BE RESPECTED. <br />MR. SEXTON NOTED THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS THE HEART OF THE INDIAN <br />RIVER CITRUS DISTRICT. A LOT OF GROVES HAVE DIED, BUT THEY CAN BE RE- <br />PLANTED. MR. SEXTON STATED THAT IT IS HIS FEELING THAT WE NEED FARMS <br />AND WE NEED INDUSTRY MORE THAN WE NEED OLD FOLKS IN THIS COUNTY, HE <br />STATED THAT THE BOARD HAS A CHANCE HERE TO PROTECT AN INDUSTRY, YOUNG <br />FARMERS WHO WILL PROVIDE FOOD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THEY ALSO HAVE A <br />CHANCE TO CUT DOWN ON DRAINAGE PROBLEMS, TO PROVIDE OPEN SPACE AND WATER <br />RETENTION, GREEN AREA, AND CUT DOWN ON THE DENSITY IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />HE FELT THE BOARD WOULD BE VERY FOOLISH TO GRANT THIS REQUEST OR ANY <br />SIMILAR ONES IN THE FUTURE, MR. SEXTON RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD PUT <br />THE PEOPLE ON THE HIGH, SANDY LAND AND SAVE THIS LAND FOR WHEN YOU WILL <br />NEED IT FOR FOOD. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED MR. SEXTON IF HE WOULD BUY THAT 60 <br />ACRES, PLOW IT OUT, REBED IT, AND EXPECT TO MAKE ANY MONEY ON IT, AND <br />MR, SEXTON REPLIED THAT HE WOULD IF HE OWNED IT, BUT NOT IF HE HAD TO <br />PAY $7,000410,000 PER ACRE FOR IT. <br />67 <br />Bao 41 FAG, Lu <br />